SUCKER
sucker
Noun
- A person or thing that sucks.
- An organ or body part that does the sucking.
- An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.
- A piece of candy which is sucked; a lollypop.
- An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.
- A suction cup.
- A suckling animal.
- The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.
- A pipe through which anything is drawn.
- A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.
- A parasite; a sponger.
- A hard drinker; a soaker.
Noun (etymology 2)
Noun (etymology 3)
- (slang) A thing or object. Any thing or object being called attention to with emphasis, as in "this sucker".
Verb
- To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.
- to sucker maize
Verb (etymology 2)
- To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
- The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.
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